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Good product. Accurate, easy to use, inexpensive and wide temperature range. Many digital thermometer have a minimum temperature of 32F, so you cannot use them to check your freezer. This product has a range of -40F to 450F so it will do both oven and freezer. Tested in an ice water bath, it was only off about 1F, better then others I have measured. Comes with a neat magnetized plastic stand that holds it up at readable angle. Has a C/F switch on back.

Only minor negative is that while the upper range is advertized to be 450F, the documentation gives a slightly lower maximum temperature for the silicone cord. I'm writing this after using the product for a couple of months and I've lost the documentation, but my memory says the max cord temperature was listed as 425F.

(update 12/28/09)

Caution --Amazon has pulled a fast one. This TruTemp model may be fine, but I don't really know, because it's not the TruTemp model I wrote about in 2008. Amazon (without asking or informing me) has shifted my 2008 TruTemp review to this new model. This model has four front buttons like the old model, but the display, probe shape, and mount look different. The biggest change I see is that a feature I really liked is now gone: ability to measure freezer temperature. Bad, bad Amazon....

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I love this thermometer. I purchased it directly at the store after reading some reviews of others at high end retailer web sties. Those may have more features, but really, how many things are you going to cook at once. For the rest of us, there's this one for a great price. Since I've purchased it, I haven't overcooked a pork roast or turkey. You insert the probe into the meat and put the digital readout on the front of your oven. Set the temp you want, turn on the alarm and walk away. When the internal temp of the meat reaches your set point, an alarm sounds and your set. No more opening the oven, letting out all the heat and checking the temp, only to find you missed it and now your meat is overcooked.

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It seems that most people recommend Taylor digital probe thermometers for oven or smokers. I've used several of them and I'm not happy, primarily because the high end limit is 350 degrees.

This Tru Temp thermometer goes up to 450 degrees and works as well or better then the the Taylors in all other respects. It suffers from the same general problems as others in that the probes are fairly easily damaged. But for the money you simply can't beat it.

I use this thermometer for smoking meat. I like to put one probe in the open in the smoker to monitor smoker tempterature. The rest go into the meat. I've generally gotten about a year and a half out of the probes.

Another thing I like about the probes is they are straight. Most of the others, like Taylor, have a large curve in them and that curve gets in the way. The straight probe is preferable to me.

The read out is large and easy to read and the set points are easy to use. The alarm can be heard inside, which is perfect. The base has magnets built in so you can attach it to anything made or ferrous metal.

Be sure to store these indoors if you use them with you smoker or grill. Left outdoors the digits will begin to fail on the display. I learned this the hard way.

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I have 5 of these units, and have given two away as gifts. The price is great, and it has a 1 second refresh rate for quick measurements, and I couldn't be happier with the product or vendor. I use them for other things, such as radiator temp, and my favorite is attaching a long stick to the probe to check how the compost pile is cooking. It only uses one battery that lasts many months, even though it's on all the time. One thing I did is seal the interface between the probe and silicone sheath with Silicone RTV caulk, normally used for caulking bathrooms, etc. That caulk has a working temperature of 450 F, so should hold up. I didn't want it to possibly get inside the probe and damage the sensor, so that's why the seal. It also measures in either F, or C, which is a nice feature. The high/low alarm is handy, and cooking caramel, or other candy is just more fun when you can easily see the temperature, rather than squinting at the numbers on a typical glass candy thermometer...that is usually coated with what you're cooking. Get one of these, and it'll be hard to go back to the other thermometers!

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This thing worked fine for about 6 months, I used it mainly for grilling steaks, pork and chicken. But once the cord starts to come loose from the probe it's time to chuck this piece of junk in the trash. I'm shopping for a wireless thermo now.